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5:44 A.M.

Short Story / Young Adult

Apr 12, 2020

The Booksie Classic House

A young man takes a seat on a wooden fence facing a wide-open grassy field on an otherwise abandoned country road...and has a conversation with his life. Read More

Black Messenger

Script / Literary Fiction

Apr 14, 2020

The Booksie Classic House

Two young black men from the South, Boss, the brains of the operation, and Tummy, his portly Brother-in-law, have ventured into the illegal business of smuggling narcotics across state lines. Boss dreams of opening up his own… Read More

Punch Clock

Script / Literary Fiction

Apr 14, 2020

The Booksie Classic House

Two men, Bobby and Ralo, lifelong friends from the neighborhood, sit and talk by the riverway they've adopted as their favorite drinking place. Bobby chooses to be a working man, while Ralo took to the streets. Read More

Tired Of Me

Short Story / Young Adult

Apr 14, 2020

The Booksie Classic House

A troubled young man, aged 27 has a sobering conversation, out loud, to himself. Read More

Clubhouse of Pain

Short Story / Non-Fiction

Apr 17, 2020

The Booksie Classic House

A 29-year-old man, struggling with his demons, is faced with the harsh reality that he is his own worst enemy. In a conversation that moves from the blood-spattered confines of an old Boxing ring to the dark… Read More

Lusther

Poem / Romance

Apr 22, 2020

The Booksie Classic House

A man in a committed relationship uses his charm to rip from his girlfriend the friendship she shares with her life long friend. His insatiable physical desires lead him to destroy the bond the two once shared,… Read More

Riddle in the Wheat Field

Poem / Horror

Apr 27, 2020

The Booksie Classic House

A man scorn lures his significant other into a desolate area, walking her into the core of a wheat field...they share her last moments. Read More

Hang Him

Poem / Romance

May 05, 2020

The Booksie Classic House

Men lie, women hide in the hope behind the lie...this man finds a woman he's fallen in love with watching fall in love with him. She has her suspicions and changes direction...turning the tides against him in… Read More

Volyum #1

Miscellaneous / Non-Fiction

May 11, 2020

The Booksie Classic House

Interviewer: Do you feel like you're doing all you can to become the person you want to be? The artist you want to be? Read More

Volyum #2

Miscellaneous / Editorial and Opinion

May 12, 2020

The Booksie Classic House

How do you feel about writing? Why write? What's writing mean to you? Read More

Volyum #3

Miscellaneous / Romance

May 16, 2020

The Booksie Classic House

Have you ever been in love? Read More

Volyum #4

Miscellaneous / Editorial and Opinion

May 25, 2020

The Booksie Classic House

Some would you call you a resentful man Steph. Is that an accurate summation you'd say? Read More

Volyum #5

Miscellaneous / Memoir

Jun 03, 2020

The Booksie Classic House

You've long seen yourself as an introverted-extrovert. Would you say that you like people? Is it difficult for you at time's to connect to people? Read More